Driven by innovative thinking, imaging will not only revolutionise industry,
but also everyday applications. It can deliver answers to sociocultural trends
and revolutionise sports and electronic entertainment. It can open up new
possibilities in market research and improve levels of safety and security.

An eye for the environment

Automation with machine vision will bring dramatic changes for the better.
Potential optimisation gains are enormous, allowing drastic reductions in
manufacturing waste - for example in the production of solar panels. And in
growth markets like recycling, imaging will improve the detection and recovery
of reusable materials to a whole new level.

Always in the picture - even at home

Imaging can help perform many valuable household services. For instance, it
can support care for the elderly or the handicapped - a strong and
demographically growing market. Equipped with digital highly sensitive optical
organs, robots can function as reliable personal assistants. In other
applications they allow the user a clear view of places the human eye cannot
readily access.

The eye replaces the mouse

What software could compete with the speed and intuitive ease of the human
eye? Advanced imaging provides the technological basis for this application.
Instead of using a mouse, man and machine communicate with each other via a
mere glance at the screen.